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ttOBKHTttON, Kdllor * Prop'r,
Ml THOMPSON, • PublUUw.
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>L 1. NO. 45.
iident's Message.
•riru People t'ungrutu-
on the Peaceful Change
of Administration.
:nkio\ of hiiakh-
Ali COLSAUK, WITH-
tWAIi or *! AND
9)1 MOT KM.
miitry's Fluaueen—Tfce
iiil«ut' P r«well.
rtinri
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DEMOCRAT.
THt dcm :>huLi
AMI BOOTS.
M <t« By
I W. M. H T 11 C' K L A I,
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M.KINNEY. TEXAS. THURSDAY, DEC. 11. 1884.
factories included 1b thin Htute j which they have accorded me
iliiugtou, D. C,, Dee. 1.—
[lowing is a partial re-
the president s message
1 before both houses of
is to-day:
Ifthc Cougress of the United
bh:
ice thf close of your lust
[on thf" American people,
lie exeAa- of their rights of
ige, have chosen their chief
Istrate for tin* four years
pug. When it is remember-
liat no period ill the coun-
i history luih tIn* 1 •hit polit-
fcontest* which customarily
*des the day of the nation-
flection been waged with
tueut are valued at |200,1KMJ,
415.
The breadstuff* at $l(ig,A44-,
715.
Provisions at $114,41H.f 47.
The mineral oils at NT.UM,-
$4«.
or it iNPoBTs.
During the same period the
imports were as follows:
MerchamUiw $iW7.m 7,«
Gold and allvrr :*7. I*i>2
in the adiuiuistratioii of the ex
' erutive department of the gov-
ernment.
t'llKSTKIt A. AUTIU'U.
A VMION OP THK K1UHT.
The
ManfOliutry Voirury
Dreamer.
of a
Total
More than
170.'., 1^3,ou
<18 per cent, of tlm
entire value of tlie imported
merchandise consists of tlie fob
lowing articles:
.$tOH,S84,S74
Sugar ami
Wool and
fa maoufao-
tMIM
Silk and tt« inamifurlure#
< 'oft'w
Iron and alcd and uianufav-
tur«>* tliurt'of
CkMnlmli
Flax, hemp, jute and Ilk* sub.
glance* and inunufacturea
thereof
Cot tod and luanufaeturea of
cotton
Hide* and aklns other than
Air aklna
lll.U41l.I2S
iiuwi.rttt
I IK OUK.VUKD IIK KIl.LKI) A MAN
AND OOI.NO TO TIIK SPOT
FOP NO THAT HIS VI-
SION W AS A
DliKADft'l.
KK A LI-
TV.
"I've had such au awful
dream," was the frightful exclu
maiiou of Rice Orbin, son of
Henry Orbin, who resides neai
JP ')
km'jIu'imk ,luur Pa., as he en-
tered the breakfast room last
1 Monday morning. "1 dreamed
ai,4u;i,:tiiH; t(jU| [ aj,ot tt man when 1 was
mo,3&M7o «ut hunting last Thursday. 1
| can see him now just as plain
2-2,3fto,:K i |l8 (iuy_.un oldish man, with a
! bullet through his head and the
1 concur with the secretary of blood and brains oozing out."
the treaaiuy in the reo milieu-1 . This sanguinary story of tin
TIIK COIXAOK.
k' KC'I' OF CON 11B ATtJ I, ATION
after the controversy at the
was over, and while the
it preponderance by which
Issue had been determined
its yet unascertained, the
lie peace suffered no dls-
mce, but the people everv-
patieiitly and quietly
lied tlie result. Nothing
it: more strikingly illustrate
llty to law; nothing could
signally denuuistrate the
iigth and wisdom of our po-
ll institutions.
(OUT YKABS IIAVK PASSKIt
u controversy arose con-
♦ , e ...wi -i. tniwiiv it treaaui v in tne reo milieu-1 , "o.ij ,m
fwn01 aml dation of the suspension of tV' dreamer was laughed at by his
coinage of the silver dollars and j relatives, but their merry jest
of the issuance of silver certitl- l,(,t drive away his haggard
cates. This is a matter of which , countenance. As soon as he
in former communications 1 j ',a(i finished his breakfast he
invoked the attention of the ua started for Couuellsville. He
tional legislature. It appears succeeded in persuading a
that annually for the past six y°ung man mimed Jones to ac-
years there have been coined in ; company him, and the two
compliance with the act of Feb- j started tor the scene of Young
ruury 28, 1878, more than 27,- 0,;|)in s hunting, about five
000,000silver dollars. Theiiuni-1 miles up the ^ oiighiogheny
. . ( ber no\v oui.^tnnrlirig invepoi ted i Hi^er. Arriving at the spot
eiupcr ol the American cit-1 by the secretary to be nearly where his last load was tired,
his love of order an- 155,000,000, whereof but little i they traced the direction of the
more than 40,000,000 or less i bullet an near as they could im
than '22 per cent, are in actual agine its course, and on the hill
circulation. The mere existence side, about 250 yards away, be
of this fact seems to me to fur- 11 (^'118,1 thicket of laurel,
uisli of itself a cogent argument atitf aud cold in death, the hor
for the' repeal of the statute '"died searchers found the body
ng the result of a national which hae made such fact pos- b apparently about lif
ii. sharply calling the at- Hut there are other and
i of the congress to the! ffwver reasons that tend in the
itv of providing m-r« def- direction. The secretary
leifiilations for counting avows his conviction that un-
U\KTil-MO\ F.YU.Vl* IN t'HI-
U.
Ti'ii Aellte \ olt tuiwm lu llie
Moutli American Hvpidillc.
( enitectleut'a Blue Lawn.
•filiations
jctoral vote.
ty years of'aire. He was living
on liis face. Through the l rnin
was the fatal bullet wound de-
scribed by young Orbin us seen
>y
less the coinage and the Issue of! 'n '''M dream. Between tin
f o, ! silver certifictites be suspended.'},«« ^ the corpse was a riHe.
of tin gtavi.st inipo tai i t . .fl j.jU(ly no j;atnrit (lfty t | |,e position of the dead man
, tU ' to become * | indicated that he had been
his question be solved
Fconthcting claims to the
idency slitul again distract
Fcountry, and 1 am persuaded
It. by the people at laitye,
of the measures of relief
Ills far proposed would be
ferred to continue in action.
Ol'B COt'NTRY's FINANCES
The condition of our linances
the operations of the va-
is brandies of the public
^ice which are connected
the treasury department
[very fully discussed in the
)rt of the secretary,. It ap-
rs that the ordinary revenues
the fiscal year ended June
1884, were:
nn cufctoma • $10117.7d
n internal revenue. 121.52ii,t>72 .">1
fru all other sources III .WW,1107 ii "i
Mnl ordinary revenue SJWB.ftlO.SOIl 1 2 i
to become
OVB HOLK METALLIC 8TANDAIUI.
The commercial disturbance
and the impairment of the un
tional credit that would be thus
occasioned can scarcely be esti-
mated, and the impairment of
the national credit that would
be thus occasioned can scarcely
be over estimated.
1 hope that the secretary's
suggestion respecting the with-
drawal from circulation of the
one dollar and two dollar notes
will receive your approval. It is
maitily that a considerable por-
tion of the silver now in the
vaults of the treasury might
find its
cv.
| civil expenses SaS.:U2.l>07 71
[foreign Intercourse 1 ,arto,7tifl:17
Indiana.... o,47B.WW 2U
| pensions M, 12!>,3JS :w
| the inllitarv estahlish-
pnt«. Includlnir the rlv-
nnd harbor tmprore-
bnls and araennls. . ItlM'itt.lW:! 31
the naval establish-
>nlH, IndudliiK vessels,
ich1n«ry. and Improve*
Miih al the navy yard. 17.202,001 H
misuellaneous expense,
pludlnK public uulld-
n, liirlit-hohses and col-
ling the revenue ia.! :iu,7IOOO
expenditures on ac-
ini of the District of
ltiutbin .'t,W'7.fMU 02
interest on the
kbt
' the sinking debt
^ standing with his back to the
iuun who had shot him and had
fallen forward on his face. The
bulM entered the base of the
brain and came out of the fore-
head. Young Orbin described
his shot by saying that he had
tired at a squirrel, the range of
his gun being in the direction
of the laurel t hicket. He miss-
ed the squirrel. It then began
to rain and he crossed the river
and went home.
Having found the corpse
young Orbin and his compan-
ion returned to town and in-
formed the authorities. Justice
ltichard Campbell impaneled a
way into the' curren-1 jury of inquest, who visited the
I spot. The body was identified
as that of Jacob Klink and
...... , , moved to Connellsvllo. The
\\ lole the trade dollars have qU0l4j adjourned for a further
' ig. The tragedy was the
topic of conversation on
TBAOE DOLLARS.
re
in
aur-1 rr1- f«r, .':r • i
«iia onff ?l
be au element of active dis ; K()|(, tnoie of conver?
and the popular
sole
the streets,
turbance in our currency sys-
tem. some provisions should be opinion was that the superuat-
made for their surrender to the , nJ>|lj ,,f young Orbin may
government. In view of the jiave been based on previous
circumstances under which they knmv|e<lg<, In other words
were coined and ot hetact that, thttt ,lH l,ad accidentally shot
they have never had a legal ten-jKlink alul klu.w ((f i( rll<l
der quality, this should be of- but, out of fright, kept si-
ler quality.
fered for them only at a slight
advance over their bullion val-
ue.
OtXK St'BSIDIABY COINS.
The secretary in the course of
the public "* j his report considers the proprie-
• 4#. -s.flfs p< tv of neautii'ying the designs of
i,,bt '' • our subsidiary silver coins, and
total ordinary expend!- of so increasing their weight
tures $2 o,mo,-pci hs that they may bear their <lne
leut until now. op]
this was the fact, backed b
to
the
Opposed
ked by
testimony of his neiglioors,
that he betrayed no uneasiness.
His previous excellent character
is also a point in his favor.
Klink was an old L'nion soldier.
In all only ten know a Cliiii
au cialeis ,*an be j ronounced
with certainty to oe now a.
live volcanoes. Obviously the
neighborhood ot' tlle.-e silbtel
raueau furnuces can be regard-
ed us belonging to the ijn:«*t re-
gions of the earth. No part of
the earth's surface is so prollf
ic of earthquakes a - the \V* 'st
eru half of South Ameriea; and
here they are more frequeni
and severe on the Pacillc tJoa o
than on the eastern side of the
Andes. Oil this must they are
often accompanied with scene-
of horror and woe thai snipus*-
description. To the direct eon
sequences in the lo.-- ol life
and the destruction of buildings
are frequently added the ruva
ges of lire breaking out in the
ruins and consuming all thai
has not been already cruslied.
The seaport towns are exposed
to a still furthci dain.er of de-
struction by the r'ishiug tidal
wave which follows rli>• extraor-
dinary retreat of the water-,
with whieh the eartliqnake phe-
nomena are usually aceouip m
ii>d. These e^ ils and tn re
were sutl'ered in tti* .i worsi
form during uud after the earth
quakes of March, DM, with
which Mendoza as visited,
anil August, l^i:8. which laid
waste a considerable stretch of
the coast, with inanv towns.
With these volcaite and se
isaiie phenomena is ; >oeiae d
a si adv elevation o t iiiiian
coast, whi< It has ann nMid, a«
folding to the indii ati<n; • -i
tin? shore -1 en a< n> ti ■ in -i\
metres alt'ape Th r«''- Monntat'i
to three hundred and ninet,
seven metres al ( oncojieiou.
within the ju-esenl oio. i, .it
period. Darwin has averajU' d
the rate at about seventeen cen
timet res a year. The island ol
Santa Maria, in northwest ol
the Hay of Arauco. rose tin - e
metres* during the eartln|iuke
of I8U5, but afterwards sank to
its old level. Depressions also
seem to have taken place in lor
mer periods. The elevating
force is more intensive in the
Chilian Amies than in the
neighboring countries, and. as
it is still in operation, it is des-
tined probably to carry the lof-
tiest peaks of the Cordilleras
to a still greater height. The
frequent occurrence of the end
ing liuapi Indian for island
in the names of promontories,
indicates that many former is-
lands are now connected with
the mainland. The islands of
lmeleb and (^in-hiti. in t'hiloe,
are at present separated onlv
at high water, and appear to be
approaching a permanent un
ion.-—Dr. Karl .Oehsenius. in
Popular Science Monthly.
Tlie Clretis unit < liristlnnlty.
The editor of the liaiesville
Advance, taking the circus for
his text, preaches the follow
ing:
"Don't understand us to con-
demn the circus-goiny Chris
tians on the iiriin-inh ol I'har
iseeism. We have attended
circus exhibitions. We at-
tended one last fall at Waco.
At least 10,OOO olli T,s attended
it. Among the number was
ex-Rev. J. D. Shavv, who is en
gaged in tlie credit! bl< business
of maiiufacttiring inipliue-ut -
with which to survey ;t new and
respectable and less circuitous
route to hell. Mr. Shaw, as our
readers are aware, n-e to be a
Tin- people of Connecticut
must have had lively times in
the old days, when tlie famous
blue uvvs were in force. Here
i - i > inpeudium of the Puritan
reyulniiou* which were il: force
iu il ear I v part of the la>t cen
tan I( must have been a
checrlul task to live up to
them.
Tin goveriioruud magistrates
convened in geiierul assembly
are t he supreme power under
tioil of the independent doiitiu
ion. l-'roin the determination
of 4h< assembly no appeal shall
be III i h
WI -oever says there is a
powe and .jurisdiction above
and over their dominion sbull
-utfer death and loss of proper
ty.
i 'ouspiralors. attempt ing to
change or overturn this doiuiu
ion shall sutler death.
The judge shall de'erniiue
controversy w ithout a jury.
No one hall be a freeman and
give a vole unless he be con-
verted and a member in full
communion with otic of the
chur-'hes allowed iu this com-
munity.
V< man shall hold any otllce
who <s not sound in the faith
mi l i i: h In I io this d< •million,
and who -vei f ives a vote to
sii«"h .i person shall pay a fine of
twenty shillings for tlie first of-
fen: . and for the second lie
shall be disfranchised.
Kach freeman shall swear by
tin- blessing of (lod to bear true
allefiiance to thi.- dominion,
and that .b-sits is the only
k i ii-.
No gunk.'i or disetilev from
l11«■ i '-i| i>i ;iii eslabii:'iled
d in nioi: lull be allowed to
HI i a Vole for the election of
ma. i-Irate- or any officer.
.So food oi Induing shall be
off. •led a Quaker, Adamite, or
llel'etick.
M any person turns Quaker
lie shall be banished and suffer
<'d io return but upon pain of
death.
No priest shall abide iu this
dominion: he shall be banished,
and suffer death on his return.
Prier-ts may be sei/ed by any
one without a warrant.
No one is to cross a ferry
but with an authorized ferry-
man.
No one shall run on the Sab
bath day or work iu his garden
or elsew here, except reverently
to and from meeting.
No one shall travel, cook v id
lUlls, make beds, sweep house,
cui liaii. or shave on the Sab
bath day.
No woman shall kiss her
child on the Sabbath or lasting:
days, i
The Sabbath shall begin at
sunset <>n Sal urday.
To pick an ear of corn grow
ing in a neighbor's garden shall
be deemed theft.
A person accused of trespass
in the night shall be iieiged
tfiiilu unless he clears himself
by hts oath.
When it appears that an ac
cused hits confederates, and lie
refuses to discover them, he may-
be racked.
No one shall buy or sell lands
without permission of the se
leduten.
Whosoever publishes a lie to
the prejudice of his neighbor,
shall it in the stocks or be
• ' - — —
for the Mist offense; ilo pounds BKM'Vtt COXiJItATl I.ATIOS
lor the second, and for the third
imprisonment during pleas-, T,IK *i'xr pkksiiiskt oi itik
lire. i'NtTKD htatkm.
Mil11i.-d persoiis must live!
together oi In- imprisoned. Cln«ilnnatl Kii<|iiUr«r.
Kvory male shall have his Paris, Ky., Nov. 27. --Mis.
hair cut round, according to a , Helva Lockwood, late candidal •
for president ou ilie Woman's
Higi
cap
■ol> Vuirerauira Fee in the
Koute C'hmi's.
Mtnr
The Ijllobe Democrat has
brought to light the amount of
tile fee puid
Dorsey in tin
That paper says:
While ex Senator Dorsey w as
here iu attendance on the' Cat
lie Convention lie was asked
one day how much In- paid Hob
lllgersoll for his defense ill tile
star route trials. "Well," said
lie, "it was very curious how
that was done. From the be
ginning to the end of the trial
Ingersoll never asked me for a
dollar. One day, after I had
been acquitted on the second
its ticket, who is in our
city for the purpose of doliv *r-
ing a lecture this evening for
the benefit of the Ladies' Aid
society, has given the Enquirer
• following verbatim copv of
the
■ ii i ii I lif \
to liigersoll by her letter ot congratulation to
Star Route cases, (lov. Cleveland, w hich has not
heretofore been published:
w41ui1 v(ii«i\. d. l ., Nov,'XI, I'M
Hon Urvvur i 'lcvelaiul:
Although a little late I have
the honor herewith to extend to
you my earnest congratulations
at the result of tile recent elec-
$1 A YEAH
"HllUI lfle>e letters." It
said that Uovenior Cleveland
hie« directed his clerks destroy,
without showing to him. all let-
ters making application for of
fice. Hurrah for Cleveland!
Robert J. HurlStte, who has
been on the Buliimtoii Hawk-
eye since ls7*i as a humorous
w riter, has severed hi* n npec
lion with the paper and will
devote his time and talents to
lecturing
About :W50 watche. are made
in tIn* Puite I Slates each day
and the annual output of tin*
world is ♦ J.inI0,00o. The aver
aue life of a "ticker" i> Iivt
yeai ,. .\ Kuiopeau hand w ork-
er turns out forty watches a
\ ear
men).
I realize that iu a republh
like ours it is the people vv ho
govern,
Old, 1114111111-11 on nil' secoiui submissively to th"
trial. I met Ingersoll and I ask expressed voice ot the people
ed him how much I owed Iiiin.
He at first declined to talk
about it, say inu he luid 110
charge to make and lie didn't
care if lie lievef got n cent.
I asked him to walk a few
squares with tne, and we went
to the Safe Deposit building. 1
unlocked my box and took out
a 4 percent government bond
for $100,000 ami gave It to him.
recent , ... , . ..
lion through which you wv,e| > ears ago Vermont
made I lie prospective chief h"' ' "H"1 ,lm! ?,l"v ,.'t lV'1
magistrate ohhe I uited States. !so,,:.,'iul J'^hting ... the
True, I would have changed theIarmies and the leg
result if I could, but, failing iu ' passed a law io disfran
• • .... " chiseall such. I lie law Is How
to be repealed,
beetl operative i
Stance.
having m
« a si 11 di-
ver
iu
are best obeyed and the hamb
<d* its rulers'upheld.
It is my earnest desire that
your administration may be
the wisest, and the people un
.... j, n, it the most prosperous, that
lb* put it in hit* pocket and we this country has ever known,
walked away, and have not re " ith sincere regard 1 have
felled to the subject since." tile ho||o|' to remain yours till
OV X AMI IK AT A l V X C K.
people who The floatingjfcardens at Kudi
■ ,a , that that govern | mir, iu Kasteru Asia, seem lo In
ment is the best where the laws.) ,,f t|,,. womb
ly,
niTAIII Ol-
Hi.i.v
Dover, N. II.. Dee. ,*). All an j
I lieiil ic account of the Siall'oiiL
explosion stall's that Stephen 1
Young, a well to do farmer of
Stafford Corner, eighteen* miles
from here, had occasion to drill
through a rock for a well, in
the rear of his house. He em-
ployed George Ii. Goodwill to
do the work, assisted by /,.
Taylor Herry. A basket of At-
las powder cartridges were j
used iu boring the well, one of , (ll.,
which Hood win attached to a years, and tin
A. Lock wood.
on % y.vxi kv's v u
TIM.
whipped fifteen stripes.
nil •
School
No minister shall keep a
ivtnir a mirplus of. $ IK*
,As compared with the pieced-
fiscal vear there was a net
•rease 'of over #21.000,000
the aaiouiit of expendi-
fes.
'he aggregate receipts were
For some years past he had rt .. . , . .. . ..
sided alone in a little bark-roof-1^. '! 'ade, all-wool
ed shanty, not more than one 1 Methodist preacher, and whm
ratio of value to the standard'hundred yards from the scene • i'nslor ,l"' "«c clunrli.
dollar. Hi conclesions in this ; „f his death. On his nerson j ]]Mp:" ' 1 a I'"1''
Iul ol crank- at A a
oerson
regard are cordially npprov- was found #557 in cash. Sever !
ed. al of his neighbors, however,
thf. kxcisk taxks. say that In* was in town last
. , -...,.iweek and drew some money
In my Hni.nal n.osaage of 'S#!!: fr„n, hn|lk Urhill
lUgC «1r th, - -arl,re 1 .-ecromn.end the at,,,lit 1. about m-.-nty tw.,
t null un t Ol i iii } I Ul pu j| taxes except those re-,; v,„,..s ,,f ...... ....it,,,., under size
, 'A l«"ii WVwoc.a hl(i (Ustiiiw| 81,1,11.8. Thi-; Ijl' '„, t , r ',. , n,i
falling off of revenue from ' ..commendation is now renew- ! * smootli l iu and
t«in made DO.(IOO,fiOU of ,d ^" tlm t "« taxe« : '"T "V "" ,
u deficiency and about *23.- , ,, V , iaxt?8 put under bail to await the re
w aemitniy aim aiwui shall be abolished, the revenues i r..|t rie *i1M \t tlu> it,
lIKH) of the remainder wasf ... tin r' in to the ? q . ■ At the in-
^ i ; CoSr :rs rd,,...
THK PI1K8KNTI ex^dUnw"hut wili! f^bitXa.S' b!™" hinting, "n'i'! mor- Ko,|,,l
afford a surplus large enough
to permit such tariff reduction
?rnal taxation.
i maths of
YKAtt
file secretary estimates the .
il receipts for the fiscal year as may seem advisable, wn«n
ich end Jnne 30, lSSf , at! the results of the recent reven-
000.000, and the total ex- ne laws and commercial trea-
Idituresat #80O.(MO.2OI.I8, in ties have shown in what ipiar-
]ch are included the interists ters these reductions can be
[ the debt and the amount J most judiciously effected.
ble to the sinking fund.
would leave a surplus for
entire year of about <W0.-
w io ai
furnishing the mon< y for iu>n
to use in making his new Hn oi
instruments, lb* n do to
a I the cireu la
Wli oev er brings cards or dice
into tin dominion shall pay a
line of ITi.
Win.ever wears clothes tHrn
uied with gold, silver or bone
lac.- above two shillings by the
yal'l -' I :i 11 be Jire-.outed to the
and the selectmen
Tender al LU; m ; es
iror-
t!<
statement created a profound
a pr
sensation, for if true it proven
that not Orbin, but another,
killed Klink. The verdict was
that Klink came to his death at
the hands of a person or per-
sons unknown. The case is
certainly most remarkable.
Gre«Tfor Office.
The great danger that now
threatens the democratic
the fabkwki.l.
or* KXPOBTS.
ie value of exports from the
State* to forei,
during the year etdin
au, 1884.
As the time draws nigh when
I am to retire from public ser-
vice, I cannot refrain from ex-
pressing to thf members of the
t national legislature with whom
gn coub- ! i have been brought into
sonal and official interooi
my sincere appreciatk
their unfailing courtesies
of their harmonious oo-opera-
* e In aneh
were
mmsxm
rue at the cireu fall, and
as near as we can reuieiubei
these were his wi id i after in
had scanned the crowd, sp ken
to a friend near by : 'Ah, I - e
more of my old Methodist con
gregation here than I do of my
Liberal congregation.* NV hat a
comment! That was our last
circus. We expect Mr. Shavv
his re
mark that day than he ever did
while he was making out that
h#was a preacher. And as long
us Christian people leave room
for such remarks, just that hum
will such cranks as Shaw and
his followers have some ex-
cuse for criticising such Chris-
tianity."
New Jersey metes out sub
stantialI justice with commendn
ble swiftness. On the 1 sth of
is a mad rush forofllce. Siever, August Sullivan eommitted his
in the hisMry of the party crime;on the 2d of OoeiMiiber he
should the .Teffersonian test be j suffered for it.. Hanging is un-
more rigidly apj lied, and more' doubtetlly one o f the
attention paid to tne adage, worst me;s that a man
"Let the office seek the man.": can be put to, but so long
Above all thimi, let the south as we incor]*ornte capital pun
be modest—Marshall Messen-1 ishment into ourciwles it is emi-
nently advised that it shrmnld
be inflicted under such circum-
Ntances that the public may
realise its object.—Ph^l. Be*
^iai:
.-dial
tat".
A debtor
In has no •
and sold
lion.
Whoevei
woods am
.ti prison swenniiK
tate shall be let out
to make satisfac-
Llauorice Is profitably culti-
vated in Sacramento county,
<ets a fire iu t-he
ii burns a house!
shall suffer death ;uud the yer-
•>oii* suspected of this crime j
shuli t>e imprisoned without j
benefit of bail.
No one shall read a common
prayer. Christmas or saint's:
day - or make minced pie*, play
cards, or play on any instru
mcnt of music, except the'
drum, trumphct ami Jews')
han>.
No gospel minister shall join
people in marriage, the magis-
trate.* shall join in marriage,!
lhey may do it with less scan j
dal to ('lirisf s church.
When parents refuse their:
children convenient marriages
the magistrates shall determine
the point.
A man that strikes his wife
shall laiy a tine of €10; a wo-'
man that strikes her husband |
shall he punished at the dlrec* |
lion of the court.
A wife shall lie deemed good
evidence against her husband, j
So man sbnll conn a maid in
person or by letter without first
obtaining Hie consent of lwr
battery, which did not work,
lie placed the battery and cart
ridges iu the kitchen on the
basket containing other cartrid-
ges, About 5 o'clock Oeorge
lotiug. of Lowell, Mussachu
setts, a visitor, iu company
with Miss Sadie (ireenfiehl,
took the battery iu his hand.
Instantly a loud* explosion fol
lowed. The house was ileuiol
islied, the first floor being
blown into the cellar and the
back part of the house blown
out. At the lime eight persons
were tn the house, and all Were
terribly injured. Oeorge I,,
(toodwin, aged if?, died this
morning, lie leaves a wife ami
two children. The following
four will die:
Oeorge Young, j I., aged 'J7;
single.
Joseph May, aged 2'>; lately
from Philadelphia.
Mary young, aged f>M.
Z T. Berry, aged :tn; un
married.
Those who are injured, but
not fatally, are ;
Miss Sadie Greenfield, atred
V-t, of Rochester.
lillaltedy , aged is ; untiiar
ried.
Stephen Young, aged 7,r a
w idower.
At 1 p. m. Z. T. I terry, .los.
May and (ieorge Voting's
deaths were hourly expected.
Dary Young may linger some
days. The house took fin*, and
with its contents were burned
to the ground. Kvervbody was
afraid to go near the house dur
ing the tire, fearing a further
explosion. The cartridge cxplo
sion was heard a distance ol lif
tecu Uliles, Moliey and llo|e>
of considerable value were
lost. i
I.A'I Kit l>KA.'I'll COMIVO.
Of the eight persons injured,
Goodwin has already died. Of
the seven survivors, it is doubt-
ful if any recover, except Mis-i
Sadie Greenfield. To night the
death of <*. Young. Marv |
Young, Y K. Berry and Joseph
Muy Is expected at any mo-j
ment. Ella Ready, heretofore
thought to be only slightly in
jured, is growing rapidly worse
from internal burns. Stephen
Young, aged MM years, became
prostrate this afternoon from a
wound and it is thought his in-
juries may prove fatal, owing
to his extreme age. Miss
Greenfield is out of danger. She
Is a sister of High Sheriff
Greenfield, and was soon
Geo. Young.
< 'orsicaua, l>ec. 5.- The la I,
who was put oil' the train here
yesterday in an unconscious
condition, died today at I.'
o'clock. She never regniiied
consciousness, but it developed
this morning that she was a
married woman the wife of Mr.
Tobe Smith, who lives near
Purdon, ten miles west of here.
They had heen married five
years, and the young man,
nick \ ancey , who deserted her
i on the train yesterday , had won
her alfectioiis from her husband
some mouths ago, which led to
a separation, her husband di
viding their property betvv eeu
them, when she came here, r<
mainiiig a week or two. She
then went to Dallas, and from
there to Waco, where, it is sup
posed, she was jollied by tll!S
scoundrel, Yancey, who had so
of the world.
They cover an expanse of water
about nine miles in circuinfcr
eiice. ami on a subsoil of grass
es and aqua tic plants they grow
melons and cucumbers, and a
crop is raised of gt at val
He.
I The aiiuoiiiicenient that the
I mail ol Mr. Cleveland averages
(about •<.'mmi b tters a day, and
filial Mt lb udriek.s i almost
f compelled to lake to tic wood
! to avoid the crowds that eont-in
j uallv throng hi.s gates, t.ja -m
I nilicanl intimation ol wha,
j these geiitletlicll will be forced
to undergo iu their new posi-
tions.
The Kansas supreme court
has just decided t hat a husband
is not liable for slanderous
Words spoken by hi-> wife when
In* is not present. His liability
was part of the common law. but
now the wife stands, in that
Slate, on an equality with tin*
husband as to contracts, coiise
qiiently she i . held responsible
for her words oil actions.
The World says thai an ec
cent ic rich man of Pittsburg
made a will several years ago
making the lirst Democratic
president a sort of residuary
legatee. By litis document Mr.
Cleveland will come into the
well accomplished her ruin, possession of about s*>o,ooo foi
i i< ... i ...i i. i• if. i , ... .
and it is supposed when h«'di«
covered her condition, employ
ed a physician to help him o'ut
of his ditliculties,and the results
about to prove more serious
than In anticipaled, shipped
her back to leu wronged hit • i
band to die. The true Secret of i
that hell hound's devilish work
remains locked up, so fur as
this world is concerned, in lie
dead woman's breast. An in
quest was held over the body j
this evening, but nothing furth
er ilev eloped. (lite of her arms
bore e\ idelice of h v peidcmh ill
! jections having been some days
ago, which coiii'spoiid with
about the lime she gave birth
to her child Ii ir* very evident
a double murder has been coin
the Use and benefit of the Dent
ocratic party ami the perpetua-
tion of Democratic princi-
ples.
I'lie line Company hn> begun
the construction of the fastest
press in the world. It is design
ed for the Morning .loiirual.
whose circulation, at the pre
"•ent rale of increase, will soon
leach 21 hi.oiki coiiies daily . l ie
success of the Morniiig Journal,
long ago surprising, has become
wonderful. It now has a larger
circulation than any other daily
paper iu American.
It is a penal offense for a sa
loon man to permit minor- to
visit his establishment, or t->
sell them whiskey. It i- alsoa
milled, and that some hei.d is|,iim,,,„ ,,n..lis.. ,o'se|| a habitual
abioH o go unpunished. | |,e; drunkard whisky after hav ing
dark deed stands credited to j |ltM.n notified not to do so by
Waco, and she should use ,. • I the wife, mother, etc..-d'the ex
ery im ans to ferret out tl.e cessivedrinker. Recently asa
uiys e y . loon keeper at Austin was fined
John B. SlTughler, who hasr\" 11 violaticn of the last
" " ranch, and cattle in ! na,ut"1 law"
valuabh
terests in the Tulerosa valley ,j When a Chinese boy is om*
as well lis a large herd of cattle ( mouth old his head i> shaved
iu Dickens county. Texas, has ami a bladder is drawn over it,
bought the San Bernardino and as his head grow* the blad
raiiejie, near tin* 1 in«• of old der bursts foi <li. The first shave
(Mexico in Cochin* county. Ar lis made the occasion of a may
j i/.oita. lie secures thereby a I nificeitt banquet, and the guests
magnificent range with a water arecxpected to make the liosi a
frontage of about nine mile* of1 handsome pi'-ent iu coin for
running water. It is reported
that Mr. Slaughter paid $25,000
for the l> rot if- rty. He will at
oiiei stock tlie range with Soc
orro or Mexican cattle, using
choice Hereford or short-horn
bulls in grading up his herd. —
('olorado Clip, ie|
< -lliliese
ing
three
snpbrstition is mak
itself ridiculous. Two or
S
soldiers, who admitted
that they were Christians, were
thrown into prison at ('anion
and stripped of their clothing,
on the charge that they had a
dangerous kind of foreign medi
cine which, if put upon the
to be hi'H\y won'd cause the
married to Geo. Young. 8te-' o fall off and render
phen Young is the wealUiiest i Jr f"xn* A dentist of
farmer in the town. I ,l.n,on ™ t ^ « f
m, 9 ~m being a t hristiaii because lie
None of the ship-yards in I displayed no idols, and his shop
Philadelphiahaveanycontracts whs attacked. The man v—
for new work, and unless new ' not a Christian, but he had 1
contracts come iu before the
close of the year there will be
an entire cessation of ship*
building, and only repairing
done at the yards.
Guilford
Wm
dance near T
was
. _ Jt)#t
faith in idolatry. To disarm
suspicion he bought a gilded
idol, but the mob, not con vine*
ed, smashed the imave.
'nil llln M
* BS9|#ACTf W
wn party
, while at u | unsolemn men .
Ie, waa shot by I feasibility of
Home of Austin's prominent
business men jire discussing the
pr
the newly shaven baby, for
which a bank account is* siart-
e l to his credit.
Messrs Miller and Lee, two
cattle kings of the Pacific coast
poor men twenty years ago. are
rated as worth* <ks,000,i#j0 and
*10,000,000. They have about
90,000 head of cattle and lla.ooo
of sheep, of which latte|- they
kill n.iHMj per uionth. Thev
own an irrigating canal worth
(t|.<M)0,ooo. a fence Uoo miles in
length (a fortune in itself,i in
California,Hoo, hh acres of land,
in Nebraska lo.ooo acres ami
I a,000 acres of alfalfa grass.
A man iu Arkansas has just
published the follow ing notice
hi the local paper:
"This here im to notify mer-
chants not to 'low my wife to
get notion' at tliar stores on
credit for me and hur has play*
ed quite fur she's n caution. I
lived with loir us long as I
could, and don't believe she
could get along with a saint,
this is also to aotif ' ""
estetl 111 tlie i
1 am
th«kt
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Robertson, Orrin. The Democrat. (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 11, 1884, newspaper, December 11, 1884; McKinney, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth191420/m1/1/?rotate=90: accessed May 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society.